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Tens and Ones with Ten-Frames Worksheet
Count the full ten-frames and the extra ones in each group, and write the number in the box.
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Tens and Ones with Ten-Frames
10 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: A full frame makes one ten. Count the full tens and the extra ones. Write the number in the box.
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About this worksheet
A full ten-frame holds ten dots, so a row of full frames counts by tens. The last frame, labeled "extra ones", holds the dots left over. The page has 10 numbers, from 15 to 56.
Grouping by ten is what makes a number like 53 easy to read: five full tens and three more. The example labels its full frames 1 ten, 2 tens, 3 tens and so on, so the tens digit reads straight off the last label. Counting frames by tens instead of dots by ones also shows a child why our numbers are built in tens.
A worked example
Three full ten-frames and a frame with 4 dots
- Count the full frames by tens: 10, 20, 30.
- Look at the extra ones frame: 4 dots.
- Count on from 30: 31, 32, 33, 34.
- Write 34 in the box.
Answer: 34
The common mistake
What it looks like: Counting every dot one by one, losing track somewhere in the 20s or 30s.
Why it happens: Counting dots is what a child already knows how to do, and a long count is easy to slip on.
How to fix it: Point at each full frame and say only the tens: "10, 20, 30." Then count the extra ones on from there. If a question has no full frames, the answer is just the extra ones.
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